MERLOT Materials

This site contains links to articles on Expert Testimony, Ethics, and other issues.

This site offers different activities for students in the field of crie scene investigations.

This site offers crime scene activities for instructional purposes.

Richard Warrington created the website, Gizmos & Gagets for the Crime Scene Investigator, to help crime scene officers... see more

Criminal Law uses a two-step process to augment learning, called the applied approach. First, after building a strong... see more

Examines the causes and consequences of hate crimes as well as the larger soical land political context in which they... see more

This unit looks at the issues of order and disorder. Can the way these issues are represented change your view of a city?... see more

How big an impact does CCTV have on your life? This unit provides the opportunity to listen to an argument surrounding... see more

‘Tough on the causes of crime.’ A famous phrase, but what is crime? This unit examines how we as a ‘society’ define... see more

This site presents comprehensive information regarding the death penalty, indiviudal state laws concerning the death... see more

This site contains links to articles about demonstrative evidence including crime scene photography, sketches and... see more

This NPR site contains a 22 minute radio program from All Things Considered, regarding John, a 22 year old inmate. One... see more

This annual report provides policymakers, law enforcement executives, resource planners, and cannabis eradication program... see more

In this book, you will examine the moral and ethical issues that exist within law enforcement. This book will also... see more

he Eyewitness Identification Research Laboratory in the Psychology Department at the University of Texas at El Paso... see more

The USDOJ site is an excellent reference guide to the many different aspects of the Federal System.

This page describes a retired police officer's opinion of using a computer composite program. He also provides some of... see more

This site offers forensic science lesson plans.

This site, from Frontline, deals with the insanity defense in trials. In the overview, it presents several topics such as... see more

'Homicides, drug arrests, car theft, assault and battery...it's all in a day's work for the prosecutors of Boston's... see more

The Global Incident Map is a free website created to give the general public, law enforcement, military, educators and... see more

This NPR site features a story regarding a young female prisoner who became a model prisoner when incarcerated. The... see more

Historians on America is a series of individual essays that selects specific moments, decisions, and intellectual or... see more

Against the backdrop of Chicago's emergence as a major American city, this collection presents a unique record – the... see more